FCC MROP case studies
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The Marine Radio Operator Permit (MROP) is a commercial radio operator license issued by the Federal Communications Commission. It authorizes the holder to operate radiotelephone equipment on board vessels subject to the maritime radio services, and it is the entry-level credential most commonly associated with recreational and small-commercial vessel radio operation, including VHF marine radiotelephone and related distress-and-safety communications. The FCC MROP case studies are 5 cases and about 3,825 words.
1A Weeping Stuffing Box at 2200: PAN-PAN or MAYDAY?
You are the only certificated operator aboard a 38-foot sportfisherman, 17 nautical miles southwest of Point Loma at 2200, inbound at 9 knots in 4-to-6-foot seas with three crew aboard. Twenty minutes ago the bilge alarm sounded; you found a weeping stuffing box.
725 words, about 4 min2A Used EPIRB, a Leftover MMSI, and a Run to the Bahamas
Your 45-foot trawler is docked in Fort Lauderdale. In two weeks you will run to Bimini, then Nassau, returning three weeks later.
601 words, about 3 min3The Deckhand's Well-Meant Log Entry
You are the operator of an inspected 65-foot passenger vessel carrying 12 passengers on a sunset cruise out of Key West. At 1912 you hear a MAYDAY from a sailing vessel taking on water 6 miles north.
713 words, about 4 min4The Red Button Under the Cover
You are delivering a 30-foot center console north along the ICW with the owner aboard. At 1430, three miles off Fort Lauderdale in flat calm, you are showing him how the new DSC radio works.
798 words, about 4 min5Good Receive, No Range, and a Display That Dims
Your 32-foot cruiser has a fixed-mount 25 W VHF on the hardtop, fed by about 15 feet of RG-58 coax with a PL-259 you soldered on yourself last spring, and powered by 14-gauge wire run about 18 feet from a bus bar behind the dash. Lately you can hear the Coast Guard and nearby boats fine, but hails to a marina 8 miles away go unanswered.
988 words, about 5 min